P.R. Laws tit. 24, § 91c-1
Laboratories shall be required to keep a record of the diseases suffered by the donor, as well as the tests necessary to the ends of ascertaining to the extent possible if the donor has or has had any contagious disease that may affect the recipient and specifically including the test to determine the existence of the antibody for the HIV Virus (Human Immunodeficiency Virus). As part of the donor’s medical history, blood banks or other institutions legally authorized to collect blood from minors shall perform a medical evaluation to each sixteen (16) and seventeen (17) year old minor in order to certify his donor eligibility. Said certification is required each time a sixteen (16) or seventeen (17) year old minor wishes to donate blood and it is an additional requirement from the written consent from the minor’s father, mother, custodian, or legal guardian. Furthermore, they shall also be required to comply with all the rules and regulations promulgated by the Secretary of Health.
History —June 25, 1962, No. 97, p. 250, added as § 4a on July 23, 1974, No. 132, Part 1, p. 594, § 2; June 27, 1987, No. 65, p. 212; Aug. 25, 2012, No. 210, § 4.